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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1909)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1000. COAST LUMBERMEN rilll ROGIK RIVER COl'Mim. FACIE THKEJK the house before putting the flnish- llnir Tnntarlal (n 1,1... FAVOR CONSERVATION! b vZZ ment which enters Into this question, the I nited States forest service has been recommending the adoption of odd lengths for some time past. The The Pacific Coast lumber manu facturers have taken the Initiative In n Important step for the promotion of proper and conservative use of j Portland office of the service has re their timber supply. Practically all j cently made an investigation of the of the large manufacturers of lum-i actual amount of unnecessary waste ber in tne states of Oregon and Washington have entered Into an agreement to manufacture odd. as well as even lengths In flooring, fiu ish and similar planing mill pro ducts. Heretofore, It has been cus tomary to manufacture these pro duct in even lengths only. Now, It Is proposed to trim the manufactured lumber to lengths of odd numbers as well as even numbers of feet. Un der the old system a considerable portion of the lumber which came to the shaping machine was wasted and this action has been taken in order to save that waste. Considerable opposition to this Innovation has arisen among retail ers and consumers. The retailer contends that It ts Impossible for him to dispose of odd length material be cause of the common practice In the construction of wooden buildings, claiming that the initial saving of the manufacturer is transferred to the consumer. This Is denied, how ever, because of the proportionally small amount of odd length material which will occur under the new sys tem, and because of the latter day practice of laying sub-floors of rough lumber and sheathing on the sides of incident to the manufacture of even lengths only, and these figures show that under the old system the refuse burner consumed about two per cent of the total amount of the important rorms of planing mill products which are manufactured from Douglas fir and other Important forest species, in the states of Oregon and Washington. When it is considered that about 750,000,000 feet of planing mill pro ducts are manufactured annually in the two states mentioned above, this two per cent assumes Important pro portions. The forest service is au thority for the statement the 15,000. 000 board feet of high priced lumber can be saved annually in Oregon and Washington by the manufacture of planing mill products Into lengths of odd feet as well as even. It would require the yearly growth of timber on approximately 30,000 acres of average timber land to produce the amount of lumber which this annual waste represents. The manufacturer Is convinced that the waste Is un necessary. His greatest trouble now lies with a similar conviction on the part of the consumer, that odd lengths can be used as economically as even lengths DEAN'S Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roe told Mr. and Mrs. John Doe that the goods bought from a certain little store on Front street, Grants Pass, were satis factory, both In quality and price. So last Friday Mr. and Mrs. John Doe and the little Does visited this cer tain store and bought a nice bill' of the kind of goods at prices that have always been found at Dean's. It Is a sure thing that the reason customers return again and again to buy at Dean's Is because the goodn are dependable and prices right. "You grow "prettier everyday, my dear." "And shabbier, John. Compliments are all very well, but I'd like to see a little ready cash occasionally." THE LELAXI) BtlKSKT. Mbs Anna Hausoth came down from Grants Pass Sunday morning and spent the day with her friends, Miss Hathaway and Miss Scovill, Mrs. Henry Ball and three child ren arrived Sunday evening from their home In Portland and went out to Greenback Monday morning. Kv. w. C. Long filled his regular appointment here Sunday afternoon and evening. The evening sprvii-n was hold in Mackin's hall and Mr. Flfleld furnished excellent sacred music on the graphophone. Charley Ellis returned Wednesday of last week from his sojourn In Coos county. He came singing "Home, sweet home; there's no place like home." . A grand ball Is to be given at Mackin's hall Saturday evening, Dec ember 25. Supper will be served at the Leland hotel. Mr3. Johnson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Light, was visiting In our vicinity last week. Mr. Carson brought Mr. and Mrs. DeBolt. of North Yakima, down Sat urday to look at the A. A. Porter place with a view to buying. A Spanish man and woman were In town Saturday and Sunday. They gave a show in the hall Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. George Howard, the Placer mer chant, went through Leland Tues day on his way to Grants Pass. Placer Is to have a Christmas tree and a committee, consisting of Miss Anna Harryman, Mrs. D. Lehman and Mrs. R. S. Blalock, were in Leland Sunday buying gifts for the school children. They found an ex celent display of Christmas goods at C. R. Flfleld's store. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and Percy Williams were also in town doing Individual Christ mas shopping. R. F. Gibson went out to his mine on Reuben creek Friday of last week. Gene Reed, who has been living up in the mountains on Reuben creek, became alarmed at the heavy snowfall and moved his family out to Gene Goff's and from there they came In to Leland. WOLF CREEK XEWS. It has been quite cold here for the past week. Six Inches of snow fell' Saturday and about three Inches still remains. There has been a cold rain falling for a couple of days, but so far has not succeeded In washing the snow away. L. E. Miller has Improved from his late illness sufficiently to return home since the last writing. Mrs. A. G. Spence, of Orland, Cal., has returned to her home, after a two weeks visit with her pareuts, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Perkins. She was called to the bedside of her mother, who has been quite ill, but Is improving rapidly now. Everyone Is hunting cattle now-a-days, getting them under shelter and feeding them; it Is quite neces-1' sary at present. , Our section crew has been re duced from eight to four. Extensive preparations are being made for a tree Christmas Eve. Golden Is making preparations fori a tree Christmas night. The pro gram will he held In the church at that place. SUNSHINE. DEAN'S High School entertainment Can tata. "On Plymouth Rock," Friday, December 17. Seats on sale at Rus sell's. 35c and 50c. W. C. T. V. An interesting Christian citizen ship meeting was held last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Cal vert. After the business was trans acted an Interesting program was rendered, consisting of an address by Mr. Lovette, "The Relation of Women to Civic Righteousness;" a duet, "He Knows," by Mrs. Cowdry and Mrs. Calvert. Mrs. Ilackett spoke of woman's work. She said in part; "Woman's duty is to hold up high Ideals. A largo part of her work is silent and prayer Is the most po tent factor.. It seems that parents of today are letting down the high Ideals formerly held. Our part Is not smnll In the matter of Christian citizenship." Mrs. Foster sang "The Maiden's Prayer," and Mrs. Weld- Mrs. K. ugnt returned Tuesday man recited "A Dream." depicting evening from a visit with her daugh- the sorrow caused by the liquor traf ter in Giants Pass. : fC, The program closod by a piano Mrs. Nellie Neas passed through solo by little Anna Culvert, and the Leland Wednesday on her way to senior L. T. L. served cake and cof Greenback. MINER, fee. i f.Ii 17 U I Ml II ! M No Makes the most nutritious food and the most dainty and delicious mm- ilcmg Powder Absolutely Pure fretting over the biscuit making. Royal is first aid to many a m cook s success JA The next meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held December 17, at the home of Mrs. Graham on North Sixth Btreet. ItctuniH for Thanksgiving Dinner. The Sunday befgore Thanksgiving Herman Horning had the misfortune to lose his valuable hunting dog, which answers to the name of Sport. After spending some time looking for the animal and sending out inquiries in all directions, Mr. Horning finally advertised for him and Immediately after the imner containing the ad was out, Sport came home. Before 'returning, however, the dog was seen I on two different occasions with two men. one an elderly man and the other a young man, who had Sport on a hunting expedition, whether or not the dog wua forcibly retained In captivity Is not known, but being a splendid hunter, It Is Just possible that Sport was glad of an opportun ity to enjoy one good hunting trip In which stuffed bears and digger squirrels played no part. We can't blame the dog. Be thlB as It may, Herman Is delighted to get his dog back and If this little Incldont does not teach, among other things, the good of advertising, we have nothing more to say. Phil Berg says his wlfo Is a flno coffee maker. 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